Published inDark Matter and Trojan HorsesModern Housing: An environmental common goodA recent paper on housing, written with Mariana Mazzucato, outlining some ‘home truths’ about homes, and housing as a common goodNov 23, 2024Nov 23, 2024
Published inBut what was the question?Read ‘Sideways’, by Josh O’KaneA short, legally-bound note on Josh O’Kane’s recent book ‘Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy’ (2022), about Sidewalk LabsAug 13, 2024Aug 13, 2024
Read ‘Culture is not an industry’, by Justin O’ConnorAn extended endorsement. Or, a short review.Aug 6, 20241Aug 6, 20241
Future Observatory JournalA new online journal from the UK’s ‘Future Observatory’, the national design research programme for the green transitionJun 24, 2024Jun 24, 2024
Growth as the fermentation of culture and cultures: Kohei Saito’s ‘Slow Down’ and Kagoshima’s…Degrowth or slow growth? Bioregionalism or global systems? How Kagoshima reveals possible ‘double movements’ as Japan flickers between…Jun 24, 2024Jun 24, 2024
Published inBut what was the question?The unimaginable imagined: On geoengineering and Liam Young’s ‘Planetary Redesign’Jun 19, 20245Jun 19, 20245
Published inA chair in a roomSpring to Autumn. Or, a ‘new metabolism’ for a circular society with Japanese characteristicsAnnouncing Circular Design Praxis, a new movement in and around Japan concerning Asia-Pacific circular design principles and practicesJan 18, 20231Jan 18, 20231
Published inDark Matter and Trojan HorsesAgencies to work in the gaps, and holding up questions in public: the ArkDes caseOn the role of design-led agencies that can work as the cement between the bricks, allowing systemic responses to systemic challengesNov 12, 2022Nov 12, 2022
Published inBut what was the question?Two recent interviews on designing for technology and the cityA presentation and Q&A for Urban AI, on designing for technology and the city, and a discussion about on tech, cities, public value…Sep 10, 2022Sep 10, 2022
Published inI am a cameraTowards a blueprint for the suburbs, and the centresA radio interview on the Australian city, suburbs and centres—as seen in 1970, 2007, and 2021Feb 13, 2022Feb 13, 2022
